UPPER goes to Dublin. TRA Conference

TRA Conference, gathers individuals and organisations in the shared pursuit of knowledge and innovation in the field of transportation and mobility. The aim is to foster an environment where ideas flourish, discussions thrive, and connections are forged, solutions emerge, and the seeds of future breakthroughs are planted. The first Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference was held in Goteburg, Sweden, in 2006 and since then has become a key European transport conference for presenting the latest research and innovation in the transport sector, covering all modes of transport: road, rail, water, aviation as well as cross-modality and passenger/freight transport in urban and inter-urban settings. In 2024, Transport Research Arena (TRA) takes place in Dublin, Ireland from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 April.

UPPER will be represented in several sessions, two hosted at the UITP's stand. Sessions will focus the mobility as a right concept, on software tools developed in the project and on the measures that Oslo and Thessaloniki will implement in the project.

Tuesday 16 April

Title: TOOLING up for sustainable mobility planning (UPPER)

Session Timing: 15.00 – 15.30

Moderated by Mircea Steriu

Speakers: Raquel Alario, ETRA, Juan Gimenez IBV.

Description: The UPPER project has an ambitious target of increasing the modal share of public transport and improving customer satisfaction with services provided. Software tools will help the cities plan services, understand users’ needs and service gaps in the city, allowing planners and PTOs to react to disruptions and unexpected events and to better plan integrated services. This talk will focus on the software tools developed in the project, showing how they respond to the needs of cities, operating companies and passengers

Wednesday 17 April

Title: UPPER: Public transport driving innovation in cities

Session timing:11:00 to 11:40 –

Moderated by Lottie Stainer, UITP

Speakers: Mircea Steriu, UITP; Juan Gimenez IBV; Lambros Mitropoulos, CERTH

Description: The UPPER project has an ambitious target of increasing the modal share of public transport and improving customer satisfaction with services provided. This talk will highlight how user perception of public transport is assessed in UPPER, and focus on the measures that Oslo and Thessaloniki will implement in the project.

Full program here